Thank you. I will have to look at the price structure again to find the right bundle that will give me all I need. Right now I see the Prompt bundle at $195 and SQL Doc by itself $295; something does not match.

>The sample data generator is brilliant. You can whip up huge datasets to test your app or for demos. I consider it a must-have tool.
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>The SQL compare is nice and ability to "beautify" and format code is nice.
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>I found everything I really needed was in that Prompt bundle. I like the ability to type
>" Select * from mytable" then put the cursor after the *, hit tab and have it write out all the fields for me, with or without aliases.
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>>Charles,
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>>What other useful tools you found in the SQL Prompt tool (beside the SQL Doc)?
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>>>FYI they are very cool people - Brits - and are not adverse to bargaining <s> When my trial expired and I hadn't purchased a guy called to tell me they were having a special and by the end of the conversation the $495 package I was looking at got down to about $150. Your mileage may vary ( I'm very charming <bg> )
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>>>>Thank you. I will check out their price and if they have a eval copy.
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>>>>>I use SQL Doc2 which is part of the Redgate SQLPrompt tools. I recommend the package highly ( also has a very nice sample data generator )
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>>>>>>Hi,
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>>>>>>I am looking for practical suggestion to whether it is worthwhile to create an external document (e.g. Word) for documenting SQL Server database? Or creating a script of the DB should be sufficient for someone to review (if necessary) what is in the database? If you are using an approach of external file documentation, what specific parts of the database do you document?
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>>>>>>TIA.